GRE Word List
ENDEMIC
belonging or native to a particular people or country
The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |